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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;Dr. Conan Doyle on Early Closing&#039;&#039; is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Grocers&#039; Assistant]] in november 1900.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Dr. Conan Doyle on Early Closing ==<br /> <br /> Sir, — In reply to yours of 25th, I shall be pleased to receive such a deputation as that to which you allude almost any afternoon between five and six.<br /> <br /> The matter of shorter hours for shop assistants is one in which I take the deepest interest, believing that in a country which has no compulsory military service physique and well being of members of the class to which you allude can only be guaranteed by a universal adoption of short hours and frequent holidays. Personally, I do not feel that this end can be altogether gained by legislation, but I think that the constant ventilation of this subject, and the continued education of the public, will prove in themselves a sufficiently irresistible force to oppose to the few remaining opponents of progress in this direction.<br /> <br /> Believe me, dear sir,&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Yours faithfully,<br /> <br /> A. CONAN DOYLE<br /> <br /> * A reply sent to the Edinburgh secretary of the Grocers&#039; Assistant who had requested a meeting with Conan Doyle. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]</div>

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